Cowl ventilator structure



Feb. 27, 1940. o. F. GRAEBNER COWL VENTILATOR STRUCTURE Filed Oct. 11. 1937 INVENTOR.

OTTO F. GRAEBNER ATTORNEY5.

7 v v 2,191,650 COWL VENTILATOR STRUCTURE Otto F. Graebner, Detroit, Mich., assignor to The Murray Corporation of America, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware 1 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicF.

I Application October 11, 1937, Serial No. T68 406 2 Claims. (01. 984) This invention relates to vehicle body cohstrucsuitable resilient material such as sponge rubber, tion andparticularly relates to a cowl ventilator is disposed within the channel 12. The sealing construction. v strip 20 has a "substantially straight upper edge One of the primary objects of the present portion 22 around the periphery thereof, and also 5 invention is to provide a cowl opening which'is has an inwardly and'downwardly sloping portion 5 defin'edby a channel iormed integrally with the 24 which forms a drain passage. The sealing cowl. I I i strip 29 is also of gradually increasing depth from Another object of the present invention is to the point indicated at hi in both directions from provide a cowl ventilator structure having a the point it towards the drain opening it so that channel adjacent the cowl opening of such a conany water collected within thechannel is drained l0 struction that water collected within the channel towards the discharge opening. .A recess 26 is may bev effectively drained toward a drain openformedin the sealing strip 20 in overlying relaing in the channel. 1 tion to the drain opening it so as to permit pas- A further object of the present invention is to sage of the water directly throughthledrain openprovide a cowl ventilator structure having a ing. 7 l channelladjacent the cowl opening within Which A closure member 3% which is complementary a sealing strip is located at such construction as in shape to the shape of the cowl ventilating to provide a drain passage by which water 001- opening is disposed above the cowl opening and .lected 'within the channel is drained toward a has downwardly extending peripheral edges 32 drain: opening formed in the cowl. which are adapted to engage the substantially 20 i Another object of the present invention is to straight portion 22 of the sealing strip 23 when r provide a cowl ventilator structurein which the the closure 36 is in its closed position-for sealing ventilating opening may be effectively sealed and the cowl opening.

in which any moisture or water collected adjacent The closure 30 has suitably connected thereto the ventilating opening may be effectively caron its under-surface a downwardly and rearried away and discharged. wardly' extending transverseplate member 34 to Other objects of the invention will become apwhich are connected elongated rearwardly ex parent from the following specification, the drawtending supporting members 36. The members ing relating thereto, and from the claims herein- 3B are pivotally mounted by pivots 38 to brackets after set iorthl 40 which aresupported by a suitable supporting In thedrawing, the single figure is a fragmenmember 42', which may be a conventional part tary perspective view with parts broken away ilof the vehicle structure. The closure member lustrating'partsin cross-section of a cowl venti- 30 is thus pivotally mountedrelative to the ventilator construction embodying features of the lating opening, and a suitable operating arm 46 present invention. I may be pivotally connected to the member 34 35 Referring to the drawing, a cowl panel 10 is and extend within the passenger compartment illustrated having a ventilator opening thereof the vehicle for operating .the closure 38 in the through which is defined by an upwardly openusual way. ingchannel portion i2. The channel portion l2 Formal changes may be made in the specific is formed integrally with the cowl panel 10, prefembodiment of the invention described without 40 'erably by drawing the portionlZ into the form of departing from the spirit and substance of the a channel after the cowl has been formed, which invention, the scope of which is commensurateprovides asimplifled and economical manner of with the appended claims.

forming the cowl ventilating structure. The What is claimed is: y channellZ has an outer wall portion which is l. A cowl ventilator construction for vehicles 45 of gradually increasing depth from a point incomprising, in combination, a cowl member havdicated at M, in both directions from the point ing a ventilating opening therethrough defined by l4 around the channel l2 to a drain opening Hi. means forming a channel, a sealing member dis- The drain opening is has a short tubular memposed within said channel, said sealing member 50 her It associated therewith whichis adapted to having a substantially straight upper edge por- 50 have an elongated conduit member connected tion and a sloping portion of gradually increasing thereto whichvmay extend to a suitable remote depth around said channel to provide a sloping location for discharging any water or the like drain passage, and a closure'mernber pivotally collected within the channel. mounted for movement relative to said opening; A sealing strip generally indicated at 20, of a 2. A cowl ventilator construction for vehicles, 55

straight upper edge portionand a sloping por- 7 tion of gradually increasing depth aroundsaid channel to provide a sloping drain passage, and H pivotally mounted for move a closure member ment relative to said opening.

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